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Relationship between aptitudes and attitudes toward computer-aided design and personality types of interior design students

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Housing, Interior Design, and Resource Management

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name

Title

No Advisors Found

Keywords

Interior decoration

Date of Defense

1991-07-05

Availability

restricted

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between attitudes and
aptitudes toward Computer-aided design (CAD) and personality
types among interior design students. Twenty-eight junior and 28
senior interior design students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University comprised the population of this study.
Information was mainly obtained from the survey questionnaire and
Keirsey Temperament Sorter which were administered during the
last week of the spring semester 1991.

The collected data was analyzed by descriptive statistics.
The frequency distribution and mean scores were used to describe
the characteristics of the sample population, attitudes and
aptitudes toward CAD, and personality types.
Correlation coefficients were used to examine the hypotheses
of this study that a significant relationship exists between
students' attitudes and aptitudes toward CAD and personality
types.

Results of this study revealed that students seem to have
higher preference for Extravert, Intuition, Feeling, and Judging
types rather than Introvert, Sensing, Thinking, and Perceiving.
This finding suggests that most students in the classes tended to
perceive things by intuition, relied more on empathy and
sensitivity in making judgment, and made systematic, orderly
judgements about the world. It was found that the students who
had stronger attitudes toward CAD usefulness tended to be the
Feeling type rather than Thinking. It was also discovered that
there was a correlation between the Judging type and higher CAD
proficiency grades. While only an isolated case, this study
revealed a significant difference between the CAD instructor and
stUdents in personality types.the world. It was found that the students who
had stronger attitudes toward CAD usefulness tended to be the
Feeling type rather than Thinking. It was also discovered that
there was a correlation between the Judging type and higher CAD
proficiency grades. While only an isolated case, this study
revealed a significant difference between the CAD instructor and
students in personality types.